A power outage stops play during a match between two leading rugby teams in Pretoria in early June.
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Any remedies to the South African power crisis initiated now – or under development – are not going to have a significant impact this year.
A worker leans on a collapsed pylon in Pretoria on April 12, 2023. Ageing infrastructure exacerbates the country’s energy supply crisis.
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South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
South Africa’s Kusile coal-fired power plant is the fourth-largest coal plant in the world.
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Employment-intensive growth and a low emissions strategy can complement each other in South Africa.
South Africa’s Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga.
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When it comes to dependency on coal power plants, South Africa is in a class of its own: 85% of its electricity is produced in coal power plants.
The New Development Bank has not been forthcoming with information on its funding of South Africa’s Medupi power station.
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The New Development Bank doesn’t have mechanisms that communities can use to hold it accountable or seek redress.